They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 89 Plan
Uncle Liang and Mrs. Zhang believed that they could criticize others, but others could not criticize them. Xu Zhichun's words stung Mrs. Zhang so much that she almost jumped up, glaring at her and scolding her sharply: "Xu, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Zeng Xiaoyan exclaimed, patting her chest lightly as if startled. "Aunt Liang, we should always be reasonable when we talk, shouldn't we?"

Zhang was furious: "Didn't you hear her cursing my Mingxiang? How could she be so vicious? Is she just jealous of our family's success?"

Xu Zhichun's dark eyes blazed with fury. "It was Uncle who spoke first, Aunt. If you want to scold someone, scold Uncle first."

"you!"

Uncle Liang sneered, "I was just trying to comfort you. You really don't appreciate my kindness. Forget it, I won't say anything more! You don't even know your own limitations and you're blaming others. You'll see soon enough, humph."

When the results come out, they'll be caught off guard and devastated; they deserve it.

Liang Mingxuan was deeply moved and looked at his sister-in-law with longing eyes, wanting to hug her again.

He gently tugged at his sister-in-law's sleeve, and when she looked over, she whispered, "Don't worry, sister-in-law."

Xu Zhichun smiled with relief and gently patted his shoulder: "Let's go home."

"Ah."

Finally, things have calmed down. Honestly.

Xu Zhichun couldn't stand other people talking nonsense.

She humbly accepts sincere and well-intentioned advice and opinions, but she will not tolerate those that are malicious.

Back in the village, there was still some time before sunset.

Uncle Liang and his family of three hurried home, and Liang Mingliang and his wife escorted Xu Zhichun and his wife to their doorstep.

Xu Zhichun smiled at Liang Mingliang and said, "I'll get up early tomorrow morning to make ice jelly. I'd appreciate it if you could deliver it to the Lotus Restaurant early tomorrow morning, Brother Liang."

There's no time to make konjac tofu and konjac noodles; we'll make them tomorrow and sell them the day after. But we can make the ice jelly early tomorrow morning.

Liang Mingliang nodded: "Okay, I'll come at the usual time?"

"Ok!"

The tea in the teapot had gone cold, but it was still drinkable. Xu Zhichun mixed a bowl of brown sugar water with it. "Drink a couple of sips to calm down. Go back to your room and rest. Your sister-in-law will make dinner now."

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Liang Mingxuan was indeed exhausted. As soon as he returned to his warm and cozy home, the tension he had been holding on to subconsciously eased, and he felt even more tired. He obediently drank the brown sugar water, regained some energy, and went back to his room.

Xu Zhichun cooked the rice and boiled the water, coaxed the chickens back, and quickly caught a plump speckled hen when they weren't looking. He nodded in satisfaction and went to Aunt Zhu'er's house to ask her to help him kill the chicken.

She has so many eggs in her storage space that she could eat them all in several lifetimes, so there's no need to specifically keep the young hens to lay eggs.

The rooster and hen can catch whichever they want; they can kill and eat them all without discrimination.

Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhu'er laughed and asked, "Is it to give Mingxuan some nourishment?"

"Well, yes."

"You're such a wonderful sister-in-law. When Mingxuan grows up, he'll have to be your mother and take good care of you."

“My Mingxuan has always been a filial son.”

"That's true, haha. How did Mingxuan do on the exam? He must have done very well."

"I think it's a good idea, let's just wait and see."

On the one hand, I have confidence in my child, but on the other hand, I feel I should be more humble. It's a tough situation.

"Okay, we'll just have to wait for the results. Mingxuan will definitely do well on the exam!"

"Haha, thank you for your kind words, Auntie!" Xu Zhichun laughed. Her modesty only made Auntie Zhu praise her more firmly.

Aunt Zhu'er was talking and laughing with her, but she didn't delay her work at all. She quickly and skillfully killed the chicken, collected the chicken blood in a small bowl, and put the killed chicken into a wooden bucket.

Pour boiling water into the scald and blanch it to make plucking easier and more convenient.

Aunt Pearl couldn't help but exclaim, "You raise these chickens so well! They're so healthy and plump!"

"I specifically picked the big ones!" Xu Zhichun said with a smile.

How could they not be strong and fat? They eat corn kernels, chicken feed, chopped vegetable leaves mixed with fish bone meal, wheat bran, and rice bran every day. Not only are they very strong and fat, but they also lay a lot of eggs.

"I'll bring a bowl to my aunt when it's cooked. Don't eat dinner yet, Aunt."

Aunt Zhu'er quickly said, "No need, no need. Keep it for Mingxuan and the others to eat more. It won't spoil if it's cooked and left until tomorrow."

"We can keep it tomorrow. It's such a big chicken, don't worry. Are you saying my aunt can't slaughter a chicken and send it to us?"

Aunt Zhu chuckled and could only thank her and say okay.

There were only her and her husband in their family. They had no elders or sisters-in-law. Whether it was killing a chicken, buying meat, or any other delicious food, they didn't have to worry about giving it away.

That's why Xu Zhichun said that.

If you have a large family, it's not appropriate to say this.

Aunt Zhu'er went back, and Xu Zhichun deftly scalded and chopped the chicken into pieces. She also took out half a slaughtered, fresh chicken from the storage space, discarding the head, neck, wings, and claws, chopping it all together to pass it off as a whole.

Thinking of her child's pale face after a day of exams, Xu Zhichun not only soaked some small shiitake mushrooms, but also took out some goji berries and lily bulb slices, and even found some gastrodia elata.

We'll stew them together in a bit.

I saved a small portion to make braised chicken pieces with white radish.

After the stew was cooked, Xu Zhichun went to feed the chickens and pigs. She also took the rice water and vegetable washing water that she had specially saved to the yard and watered the hydrangeas, roses, hibiscus, chrysanthemum seedlings that were growing vigorously.

In a small area at the base of the east wall in the backyard, she had specially enclosed a small space with wooden sticks and bamboo branches, where her precious tomato seedlings and strawberry sprouts that had just sprouted tiny buds were growing vigorously.

She couldn't help but look at it at least twice a day, remembering every single leaf clearly.

In just a few months, we'll be able to enjoy delicious tomatoes and strawberries!

After preparing the meal and bringing back a large bowl of food for Aunt Zhu'er and the others, Xu Zhichun went to wake Liang Mingxuan up for dinner.

Liang Mingxuan was still a little dazed. When he opened his eyes and saw her, he called out, "Sister-in-law!" His obedient manner made one's maternal instincts surge.

"Get up and eat, then take a shower before going to sleep."

"Ah."

The next morning, Liang Mingliang went into town alone to deliver ice jelly. Xu Zhichun planned to dig up more konjac with Aunt Zhu'er and Zeng Xiaoyan so that they could make konjac tofu and konjac noodles early that day.

The first area that was excavated has been completely dug out. The new location is a bit further away and not as large. At most, it will be moved to another location in eleven or twelve days.

Fortunately, there is a lot of this stuff in the mountains, and the amount of raw materials needed to make about 100 jin of konjac tofu and konjac noodles a day is not much. In addition, Xu Zhichun takes out ready-made konjac powder from the warehouse space every day to tamper with it.

But it doesn't matter. Xu Zhichun had already planned it out in his mind. If the day ever came when they couldn't be found in the wild, he should be able to continue harvesting from his own land.

Even if it's not possible yet, the timing is about right. At worst, we can talk to a few villagers and ask them to go into the mountains to look for it and buy it from them.

There's strength in numbers; someone will eventually be able to find it.

(End of this chapter)